Garage.



S. BROWN.

GARAGE.

APPLICATION man Ausw, 1915.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916,

STEWART BROWN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARAGE.

Application filed August 6,

To all 'LU/wm z' Imay concern:

Be it known that I. ST1-:waar BROWN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State oflllinois, h'ave invented certain new and useful Improvements in larages, of which the following is a specilicaition.

This invention relates to buildings used for thc storage of automobiles and other large. vehicles.

The object of the invention is to obtaina i building which may be placed on or near to'l the line of an alley or narrow street, on a common city'lot. and into which an automobile. or other vehicle of greater length than the width of said alley or street can be easily placed.

A further object is to obtain a building from which an automobile or other heavy vehicle can be readily taken and put on the alley, or narrow street. by one authorized to so do, but from which` when the same is closed. as herein set forth. the removal of the automobile or other vehicle will be diiiicult to elicct.

A further object is to obtain a' building which wil-l present to a person elsewhere on Said lot. a view of the removal vof an automobile or other vehicle therefrom: or at least a view of the preparations which must be made to effect said removal.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification Figure l is a horizontal section of a garage embodying this invention: Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-Q of Fig. l, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 8 is a modied means of guiding the truck of the de-v vice.

To those familiar with the housing of automobiles it is known that where the total length ot the machine. exceeds the width of the alley or street on which a garage is located it is diiiicult to effect an entrance to sait garage. unless the doorway greatly eX- ceeds the width of said machine, or is set back from the allev line. And it is also known to those familiar with the erection of garages that it is often desirable to have a garage occupy as little as possible of a lot;

Specification of Letters Patent.

vline which it is necessary Patented Mar. 14, i916.

1915. serial No. 44,112.

and to be placed with one side, or end, thereof close to or upon the alley line of the lot; and that where the length of the machine which is to be housed exceeds the width of the alley the distance back from the alley to place garages, as the same have been heretofore constructed, is considerable.

l In thFdrawing I `have illustrated a garage of approximately a width equal to one half of the width of the lot on which it is erected; and with" one end thereof near to the alley line of said lot; and with the length thereof slightly in excess of an automobile which may be housed therein.

i A reference character applied to'designate a given part is used to indicate said part throughout the several figures, wherever the same appears.

A, A1, are lot line fences; B illustrates an alley fence: and Can automobile.

(l2. are broken lines indicating the positions in which an automobile may be placed in housing an automobilein the garage: or in removing it from said garage.

D is a movable portion of the alley fence: Aand said movable portion constitutes a gate.

E is a bed. which forms the floor of the garage and a platform outside of the garage. Said bed is substantially7 as wide as is the lot on which the garage is located, at the alley line: and is as wide as the `garage on thc end thereof which is parallel with the alley line. Bed E is preferably made of Portland cement and sand, with broken stone, in the ordinary way of making concrete foundations and beds, but do not, of course confine myself to ythe material of which said bed E is constructed: as it may be made of wood; or if. the level of the lot is the same or higher than the gradeofthealley it may be of earth` or cinders.

F is a depression in bed E, and G indicates rails in depression F. In constructing the garage embodying this invention the rails G are tied together, and bent into suitable curves before being; laid. H. (Fig. 2), being broken lines indicating across tie binding said rails G together. Said cnoss ties, and if desired a portion of said rails,

is 'in the position which' is indicated 'by ybroken lines'in Fig. l, itA will extend to near the door (L) of the garage, or underneath the same, and so far intothe garage that,

the Wheels on the left hand side ofA a person in the'drivers seat of automobile C Will not- ,run over the end thereof andinto depression i l? Whrle the car; is being runl into the posiv tions nwhich are indicated by broken lines l is a small door, in door L. f M indicates the end Walls oli' the'garage, and N theside Walls thereof. It will beobyserved that door L forms apart of one of l the sidesvll' of the garage and is attached to said-side 'by the hinge 0. Y l y l) is afroller which supports one end of he door L.

, Door Lis of sullicient Width to permit the` 'automobile or other vehicle which is to be housed in the garage to 'be driven from the alley on to the`platform formed by bed E on substantially the course indicated by broken lines C1, with the rear Wheels ci the automobileon the truck J. Thetr'uckJ is then A`fiushed on'the tracks G from thevposi-f ii'ticnin which said'truck is' indicated by ,bible-en .lines in Fig. 1, into the position in,

Whiclitjis illustrated by full'lines (lettered C) in'said figure; llft will be foundthatl when the-truck Jis moved on tracks G, as

stared, the front Wheels of the automobile, or other vehicle, being free to roll on bed E,

. the brake of the machine being on j to lock therear wheels on the lplatform or truck J, that said "automobile, or other ve hiclc, will assume,A from-the position indicated by said broken lines C2, vthe position illustrated "by'mthefull lines;C.' -Door L is then closed, and also gate D. f i n Toremove the automvobilefrorn the garage the portion of. the alley tence D (forming a o gatejrisrnovedpinto the position in which yit is illustrated by full lines in Fig. .1, the door Llis opened; Kthe truck .l moved fromA the position in which itis illustratedain fulllines to the position, '(or ysubstz'nntiallylso)` in which it is indicatedby. broken lines; the 4 engineoi the automobile started andthe machine backedinto the alley.,`

ln the 'modification 'illustrated in Fig.' 3 ai. tlangeless Wheel K1 is substituted for the- `face of said floor.

Wheels K and the roller Q. (one'at each cor# 65 i ner of the truck) for the track G. vThe operation of this modified construction is the same as aboveA described, except that the ani gle irons I form the tracks of the several rollers Q, and the bottom of the depressed portion Fof the floor forms the runwayfor wheels K1, thus gulding the truck J in said Idepressed portion.

l claim; 1. 'A garage for housing vehicles, comprising Walls, one whereof is substantially par- -allel with a traveled Way, a door in one of the. Walls which are at right angles to said parallel wall, a floor Within said Walls and extending beyondthewall which is provided Witha door, a depression in said floor, said depression extending across the opening Whichis closed by said door and across the portion of said floor Which extends beyond said door, and tracks in said depression, in combination `with a truck provided with wheels, said wheels adapted-to runon said tracks.

' y 2. A .ga-rage for housing vehicles, comprising Walls, a door in one ofl said Walls, and a concrete oor provided with a deprcssion extending across the opening which is closed by said door, a concrete floor outside said garage Walls and substantially level with the floor within said Walls, said depresf sion extending into said outside floor, and tracks .in said depression, jin combination with angle irons extending along the upper edges of said depression, and a'truck provided With Wheels adapted to travel on said tracks, the upper face of said truck beingv substantially in the same plane as the upper l 3. A garage for housing vehicles, comprisingwalls arranged to form a rectangle, two of said Walls parallel to a traveled Way, and comprising a floor extending beyond the Wall which isl at right angles to said parallel Wallsand on one side of said garage, a door in said rlast named wall, a curved depressed portion to said floor extendingthrough the opening which is closed by said door, and

tracks in said depressed portion of the floor,

said tracks curved to correspond With the curves of the,v side Wallsof said depressed portion ofthe loor,.in combination with a truck'7 Wheels onysaid truck,` adapted to travel en said tracks, and ai movable gate adapted When'in one 'position to. obstruct the admission of a vehicle to said oor, and when ina different/determined position to admit said .vehicle to saidlioor.

4. A 'garage for housing vehicles, cornpri'sing'walls arranged-to form a rectangle,

Atvvoof said Walls parallel to a traveled WayA and compri-singe floor extending beyond one. of the'Walls Which are at right angles to `said'i'.reweled Way, a door in said'last named mail curved dopressool porbon in said depressed portion of said Hoor, and means .iii-oo? ending hrough #no opening which io guide said truck. is ohasoo. by said door., in combination with 1 STEWART BROWN. im fgo ons ebgendng along the appar edges n the presence ofo Lid-depressi@ poon5 a truck provided CHARLES TURNER EROWN,

Tffh Whoo adapivef izo avelsaid M. R. VINGHELL. 

